Tomichia
Tomichia is a genus of very small freshwater snails which have a gill and an operculum, gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Tomichiidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Tomichia includes South Africa and Eastern Zaire. Tomichia is the only genus of Pomatiopsidae in Africa.Ecology
This genus occurs is both freshwater and brackish water. There exist halophilic species of Tomichia which live in saline lakes such as Tomichia ventricosa.Species
Brown recognized 10 species and one undescribed species. Kameda & Kato recognized 11 species of Tomichia.Species within the genus Tomichia include:Tomichia cawstoni Connolly, 1939Tomichia differens Connolly, 1939Tomichia guillemei Leloup, 1953Tomichia hendrickxi Tomichia kivuensis Mandahl-Barth, 1974Tomichia natalensis Connolly, 1939Tomichia rogersi Tomichia tristis - critically endangeredTomichia ventricosa - type speciesTomichia zwellendamensis Tomichia n.sp. - reported by Cohen from Lake Turkana